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Re: Feeling the love

Grygorius — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:26:48 -0000

You have a well-deserved massage waiting for you on Monday - survive the weekend and it will be the Best Massage Ever!

Re: Music in the background

Grygorius — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:02:02 -0000

Right now, I am kind of a remedial (or advanced, however you want to look at it) background music listener: I open WMP and click "play" - whatever comes up (randomly) out of my library, I hear! Sometimes I do have to "click away - baby, click away" from a song that grabs my "eewwww" nerve and won't let go. However, I don't delete the file, since I know another time I will probably appreciate the song (which is why it’s in my library in the first place) - but, I guess it is in that moment that my ulterior thought process is not jiving with the alpha waves that particular piece of music is creating in my brain.

Sometimes I find that just a low beat or music hardly-recognizable-as-music (at such a low volume) will be the teat my mind needs suckle to be lucid - especially when the work done on the computer is under a tight schedule for completion.

Being a former classical and jazz musician, I can understand that one grows into appreciating styles of, any type, or even just music itself - it becomes a part of you that you can listen to blindfolded (or is it “deaffolded”?).

I think the same applies whenever you are practicing your trade or love: music can be listened to without having to consciously understand it, especially if you are already familiar with the tune(s). The attempt at listening to your new album (which I understand is off the beaten path where style is concerned for GNR) and working on something that is new and/or near-and-dear to your heart (your passion) is a huge undertaking and challenge. Some people are just blessed with the ability to multi-task - not me. I'd have to listen to the new album while doing housework or something which I am not at all in love with. :S

What do you think musicians listen to as background music when they are creating music? Or, rather, what do they hear in their head when they are creating music? Probably the historical influences of "their" artists they always talk about as to their style or genre.

Re: Name The Game contest

Grygorius — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:55:21 -0000

I think it is "War of the Worlds" or "Martian [Mars] Attack[s]" or "Martian Invaders" or "Screaming-Lady-Grocery-Bag-carrier" - remedial guesses, but close?

Re: I’m Going Down to South Park Gonna Have Myself a Time

Grygorius — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:10 -0000

THAT is quite the venture! More power to you...and props to Netflix that they have them all, and more!

I LOVE Netflix, especially since they have many more (and, all the time are adding) DVD-quality streaming movies - without all the automatically playing previews and federal warnings. Streaming is addictive, I must warn, and very convenient...especially if you have your high-speed connected computer hooked up to a video card for your TV!

Maybe Southpark is playing on a Netflix stream near you!

Re: 2008 WSOP recap

Grygorius — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:56:31 -0000

OH, I totally agree with you about the postponement of the final table due to MONEY - have you also considered the amount of interest the casino made on holding the winnings?

Re: Movie Review: Saw V

Grygorius — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:48:43 -0000

no, but, really: what did you think of it, John? I mean, what's your honest opinion?

Re: Contest #2: Domain Name Dilemma

Grygorius — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:09:26 -0000

OK, John...you're REALLY challenging this feeble brain of mine, but I think I am up to at least getting the contest started.
You are a blogger - granted. So this idea may fly...or it may dive into the Himalayans, never to be found again.
I did what any normal human being would do nowadays if they want an answer to a difficult, timeless, or otherwise challenging question: I Googled it.
I came up with about 24,200 hits on "PSSW", which all had great ideas behind them but only one (of course on the second page of 10) really got my wheels creaking.
"PSSW" is like something a cryptographer would remember if they were forced at gunpoint to remember a site that was really cool, meaningful, or had something on it they want. But the average human being will not be able to identify it as anything but an acronym.
My idea is a little avant-garde (in my mind), but....
What if a blogger or someone who comments could do it anonymously? In this case they could write anything they wanted without being identified. What if only IP address was recorded, not displayed, and they could say anything they want, without censoring or approval, with guaranteed anonymity? I wonder how many people would visit a site where comments from every part of the globe on whatever subject they wanted to vent about, and comment about - in complete anonymity. No need for tracing, taking responsibility for the words, or feeling guilty or like you had to censor yourself - for whatever reason. Opinions would be the focus, not fact. Gossip, libel, slamming, self-complimenting, supporting would all be acceptable, because no one would know who posted it. Give Yahoo, et al, the fighting chance they deserve by reviving the inane sign up for a totally random email address to do silly (although potentially mischievous) things online - help create a place for spammers to send their rejected zeros and ones.
Membership is not needed - identity is optional. Where is a blog that doesn't have you login in order to leave a comment?
I'll tell you: Post-Scripted Sassy Weblogging [dot] org! (or something similar :S)
The idea is to buck conventional blogging - and giving the user "free love" and free reign when expressing themselves with a keyboard.
Got a fear? - admit it! Commit murder? - confess it! Wanna knock boots with somebody in particular? - tell them! All in the privacy of your own anonymity - and tell it to the world! Want to compliment yourself? - go for it!
What could be censored - phone numbers? Names? Social Security Numbers? Other personally identifying information? Probably - but that is up to the website owner, now isn't it?
Conversations? Possible…with a 16 digit, randomly-assigned number to the secretly-registered IP address. Confused? Use the last four digits to respond to a user. Still Confused? Who cares!
Easy to use - Anonymous, Guaranteed - Liberty to Linguisticize
Is it possible - can it happen? ...will it happen? Is this a new idea, or an old one that's failed miserably before and there's no hope for it? Or is it a come-back kid?
Free Form blogging - no subject, no target, blah-blah-blah unbound. Chaos.
You ARE into Chaos, aren't you John? (I mean as a hobby.)